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Narrative Lectionary -- Week Thirteen -- Advent 3: Isaiah 61 (and 59) meet Jesus in Nazareth

 

Advent 3 -- and we start to bend the arc of the biblical narrative towards Jesus through the eyes of Luke.  This is Jesus first sermon and it will get him in trouble.  He looks to Isaiah 61 (and 59) to find his voice.  

Lost in the Night

 

"Lost in the Night" -- Finnish Folk Song arranged by Kyle S. Haugen.  Translation by Olav Lee.  Soprano Soloist is Roseanna Clark.

Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Twelve -- Joel and Advent 2

 

Joel 2 with two separate passages.  This was keyed quite a bit from the anthem Lost in the Night.  The hymn is a plaintive call to Jesus to hurry and come again, soon.  

Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Eleven -- Daniel and Advent 1

 

Pastor Emily continues our "romp" through the Hebrew Bible with an Advent look at Daniel.  She reads from Daniel 6 but the reflection is more than Daniel 6 ... 

The podcast starts with the statement of the theme which draws from Elijah and 1 Kings where Yahweh does not speak in the earthquake or the wind or ... but rather ... in a small, still voice.  

Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Ten -- Jeremiah

This is actually NOT a Narrative Lectionary text.  But it worked as if it were one.  

Jeremiah 30: 18-22 meets Christ the King Sunday but before Thanksgiving.    

I got the translation of potential from this site.  I know beans if he is exactly right, but it sure worked.  

Objective:  Try and bring hope to those who feel hopeless, and do it in the context of Thanksgiving.  

The 1943 example of Roosevelt and Congress was actually more of an economics argument than a theological one, but ... it worked.  It is true that they had a conversation about Thanksgiving Day in 1943.  I may have stretched it a little on the rest of it.  Sue me.  

Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Nine -- Isaiah, Simon Peter and the Election

 

I am not sure what exactly to call this sermon -- is it Listen to the Pain?  This may be as political as I ever get on any one sermon.  

Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Seven -- Elijah and the Widow

We are introduced this week to Elijah.  We see here Elijah in his apprenticeship as a prophet.  But it is an important time, an important moment.  This is from 1 Kings 17 with a touch of the end of 1 Kings 16 thrown in to help us get the idea of what is going on.  Two big ideas:  (1) Yahweh is a God of Life and (2) Yahweh's words matter. 

This particular sermon is from the 9:00 Service.   

Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Six -- David and Nathan

David is going to build a house and Nathan says sure.  Then God shows up.  

Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Five -- The Golden Calf

Exodus 32 and the Golden Calf saga.  What are our own Golden Calves?  

Narrative Lectionary -- Old Testament Week Four -- Early Exodus

Pastor Emily gave this sermon.  It starts in the early chapters of Exodus and introduces us to Moses, but also the women who helped bring him life.